CBI concluded investigation in around 800 cases in 2020: Agency Chief
New Delhi: The CBI has wrapped up probe in about 800 cases in 2020 in spite of the lockdown, sanitation protocols and social-distancing norms announced by the government to contain the spread of the coronavirus. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Director RK Shukla, who will relinquish his charge in February, gave this information in his […]
Eradicating poverty: Pak wants to learn from China’s development model, says Imran Khan
Islamabad: Praising the Chinese development model, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday said his government wants to learn from China’s industrial development to accelerate economic growth and eradicate poverty. “If we can learn from any one country in the world, it is China. Their development model suits Pakistan the best,” Khan said while speaking […]
WHO clears coronavirus vaccine for emergency use
Geneva: The World Health Organization says it has cleared the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for emergency use, meaning poorer countries may soon get access to the shot already available in Europe and North America. Every country that has a drug regulatory agency will have to issue its own approval for any COVID-19 vaccine, but countries with […]
The changing patterns
Our dependence on snowfall and rains during winter and autumn months is no hidden secret. Since our agriculture and horticulture sector is directly dependent on nature any deviation in the weather patterns proves costly for us. Kashmir has since the past many years now witnessing an unprecedented weather patterns. This change in the weather patterns […]
Love: The solution for every problem
Tousif Raza Introduction and definition Love means a divine tendency or feeling to accept everyone’s existence that is created, or a bold representative of spiritual voice that comes from heart to delete the adversity and produce the opportunity for all equally and realize the truth of the fact for which mankind was created. Love is […]
Down the memory lane
N J Ravi Chander My octogenarian friend, philosopher and guide for the past four decades, G R Murthy, often regales me with anecdotes and stories of long ago. Few know that he is also a supremely gifted artisan, who can create wonders with wood. That is not all. He is a voracious reader and can […]
The Pet Problem
K S S Pillai I belong to a generation that never thought of keeping a pet dog. The only pets that I had come across were parrots, kept by random households, who would proudly flaunt their skill in uttering certain words like their human masters. All the street dogs in our housing society were considered […]
